ASIAN

PARLIAMENTARY
DEBATE
BY J A R R E T T ( D 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 7 7 2 7 ) &
SHARMILAA (D20111047712)

GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
2 teams :
a) The government ( the one who agrees with the motion)
b) The opposition ( the one who disagrees with the motion)
- Each team has 3 speakers.
Government

Opposition

Prime Minister

1st Speaker

Opposition Leader

Deputy Minister

2nd Speaker

Deputy Leader

Whip

3rd Speaker

Whip

RULES
Time for each
speaker :

7 minutes ( bell will ring at the 6th minute)

The number of POI ( Point

of Information) :

2 POI must be taken by the speaker

Who gives out POI :

The opposite team

Time range for POI:

From the 1st minute to the 6th minute

Duration of each POI :

15 Seconds for each question

ROLE OF THE FIRST SPEAKER

A. Define and Set-Up the debate
What do you define? How words will be understood in this debate. You don't
have to define every word, but words that might be misunderstood or words
that have multiple meanings. Pretend you are the opposition and ask
yourself what might confuse you. Don't provide dictionary definitions, but
tell everyone how the word will be understood in the debate. Tell them what
you mean, what you Don't mean, give them a similar meaning and give
them an example.
set-up how, where this debate will happen. What is the context? This is
important because this is how the arguments will be evaluated. You need to
explain why this debate is important, give some limites to the debate and
answer any questions the other team or audience or judge might have.

B. Present Team Position and Case

What are you defending? What will you prove and not prove? Do you have a
specific policy? Your position is your overall beliefs. Your case is a collection of
your arguments, policy and theme.
What will you talk about and what will your second speaker talk about?
C) Make 1 or 2 Arguments
The first speaker must present the most important arguments. Do not save
the best for last

ROLE OF THE 2 SPEAKER

ND

A) Defend your case and position against the attacks of the other team
The speaker on the other side has just rebutted your teammate - you need to
defend his or her arguments because that is your case. If the speaker
DOESN'T rebut your teammate, draw attention their failure and re-emphasize
why your team's points are important.
B) Attack the other team's position, case and arguments
Rebut, similar to what the leader of opposition did towards the prime minister.
C) Make 1 or 2 Arguments

ROLE OF THE WHIP

A) Briefly summarize and defend your case
It's important at the start of the speech to spend a minute or less to
emphasize the points made by your team. This reminds the audience what
the contribution of your team is and gives you a context from which to make
your rebutalls and analysis. It will be easier to compare the other team's
arguments to yours if you briefly summarize them first.

B) Summarize and prioritize the most important arguments or issues in the

debate.
There will be many arguments and rebuttals flying around in the debate. You
need to identify the main themes or major arguments that are dominating the
debate or that you feel are important. This part is really important, you cannot
talk about everything that has been said so you will have to choose. Choosing
ideas that are not important will make the rest of your speech redundant. Be
objective when deciding what the clash points are and be fair to the other team.
C) Rebut and analyze the arguments or issues and say why your team has done
better on all of them, most of them or on the most important ones
This is the largest part of your speech. Once you have identified the major
issues, go through and rebut all of them. Compare them to arguments your team
has made and show why yours are better.
Don't present new arguments, but you can present new analysis, new examples,
new rebuttals and give support for arguments that your teammates have
already made in the debate

REPLY SPEECH ( 1 OR 2 SPEAKER)

ST

ND

A) Summarize the debate what is this debate about?

B) Briefly summarize the position of your team and your competitor
C) Compare why your team's position and arguments are better.